Dr John Stone FHEA
Senior Lecturer in War Studies
Research interests
- Conflict
- Politics
- Security
Contact details
Biography
Teaching and Research
Dr John Stone teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules on the history and theory of military strategy.
He has wide research interests, but insufficient time to indulge them all. His current projects include:
- Investigating the role of the political imagination in strategic deliberation
- Revisiting classic works of strategic thought, such as the writings of Antoine-Henri Jomini, Alfred Thayer Mahan and Giulio Douhet
- Critiquing the theoretical foundations of strategic thought.
PhD Supervision
Dr John Stone has supervised numerous doctoral candidates, many of whom have gone on to careers in academia, think tanks and government service. He is currently inviting research proposals on the history of strategic thought.
Selected Publications
- ‘Montesquieu: Strategist Ahead of His Time’, The Journal of Strategic Studies, published online 2023
- ‘Thomas Hobbes as Strategist’, Defence Studies 21/1 (2021): 67-83
- ‘So Many Butterflies: Isaiah Berlin and the Challenge of Strategy’, The Journal of Strategic Studies 44/5 (2021): 640-60
- ‘George Orwell on Politics and War’, Review of International Studies 43/2 (2017): 221-39
Research
Cyber Security Research Group
CSRG promotes research into cyber security bringing together experts from diverse disciplines.
Centre for Grand Strategy
The Centre for Grand Strategy seeks to bring a greater degree of historical and strategic expertise to statecraft, diplomacy and foreign policy.
News
Douhet's Echo: Wargaming Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
The Freeman Air and Space Institute (FASI) hosted the inaugural Douhet Wargame for students from the BA Military Strategy module to raise interest around air...
Research
Cyber Security Research Group
CSRG promotes research into cyber security bringing together experts from diverse disciplines.
Centre for Grand Strategy
The Centre for Grand Strategy seeks to bring a greater degree of historical and strategic expertise to statecraft, diplomacy and foreign policy.
News
Douhet's Echo: Wargaming Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
The Freeman Air and Space Institute (FASI) hosted the inaugural Douhet Wargame for students from the BA Military Strategy module to raise interest around air...